| The Rhode Island Senate passed SEMA-model legislation to
create titling and registration classifications for street rods, custom
vehicles, kit cars, replicas, etc. The bill has already passed the
House and needs only to be approved by the Governor before becoming law.
The Bill, as amended in the House defines a street rod as an altered
vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at
least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948. The legislation
exempts street rods and customs from periodic vehicle inspections and
emissions inspections and a range of standard equipment requirements.
The measure also provides that a replica vehicle or kit car will be
assigned the same model year designation as the production vehicle it most
closely resembles. Visit
www.enjoythedrive.com/content/?ID=33029 for more information, or
contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org
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